PARTICK Thistle forward Miles Storey has agreed a new one-year deal on reduced terms just two months after being placed on the transfer list.
The 24-year-old former Aberdeen player was initially told he was free to find a new club following the Thistle’s devastating Ladbrokes Premiership relegation play-off defeat to Livingston in May.
But both the Jags and the player have agreed to “revised” terms and Storey is now focused on trying to take the Firhill outfit straight back to the top flight.
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He said: “I’m glad to have sorted out my future and to stay at Partick Thistle for the upcoming season.
“It’s going to be an exciting year as the club pushes for promotion back to the Premiership and I am certain that I can help make that happen.
“It was always my first choice to remain a Jag – I’m very happy here – so I’m delighted to have got everything sorted. I don’t think Thistle fans have seen me anywhere near my best yet, but I’m determined to put that right this season.
“Everyone at the club have always been incredibly supportive of me and I’m looking to pay them back by adding the goals and performances that can send the club back to where it belongs. That is now my one and only focus.”
Thistle manager Alan Archibald, who has used Storey in the recent Betfred Cup wins over Stenhousemuir and Morton, said: “I’m delighted that Miles has signed a new contract for the season ahead and I know he is hungry and desperate to impress.
“His pace and power adds a different dimension to our strike force and gives me another option in attack. I think Miles has already had an impact on the pitch this season and he will cause a lot of problems for defenders.”
Meanwhile, Frederic Frans, who turned down a return to Firhill in favour of a move to Championship rivals Dundee United in the summer, admits the Tannadice side desperately need a win over Alloa Athletic this weekend to lift the mood at the club.
The Tangerines have opened the new campaign with a disappointing draw against Arbroath and a defeat to Championship rivals Ross County.
Progress from their Betfred Cup group now looks unlikely, but Frans believes there were signs of improvement in the performance of Csaba Laszlo’s new-look team against the Staggies in midweek. And the former Partick Thistle defender reckons a first victory of the competitive campaign tomorrow would be a huge boost for everyone at the club.
The Belgian said: “We have to get a win. I don’t want to talk too much in cliches, but we have a lot of new players, and it takes a little bit of time. But, obviously, you don’t have too much time in football and you need to get a win, for the team, for the confidence, for the fans to get behind us, for everybody. It would lift the whole club. We saw good things [on Tuesday night] and we need to build from that.”
Elsewhere on Tayside, Summer signing Jean Mendy hopes to prove his debut goal was a sign of things to come at Dundee this season.
The Senegalese striker netted the Dark Blues’ third in last Saturday’s 4-0 demolition of Stirling Albion as they kicked off their Betfred Cup campaign on a high.
It was an impressive opening from Neil McCann’s new-look side, with Mendy being joined by Jack Hamilton, Elton Ngwatala, Nathan Ralph and substitute Kharl Madianga in making his bow for the Dens Park men.
And the 28-year-old, who spent last season with Lokeren in the Belgium top flight, is eager to keep the standards high when Dunfermline visit on Sunday.
He said: “It was good to start with a win. I love to score goals. To score in the first game is good for me and good for the team.”
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